Oil Spill Flow Calculation Worksheet

18 Feb 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Steve Wereley

Worksheet to calculate the approximate flow rate based on video images.

https://nanohub.org/resources/10857

BP Oil Spill Physics Challenge

17 Feb 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steve Wereley

On May 13 Professor Wereley used optical feature tracking to estimate the volume flow of oil from the on-going BP Macondo oil field spill. Several other independent scientists also performed similar …

https://nanohub.org/resources/10851

Measuring Disaster: the magnitude of the BP oil spill

09 Nov 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steve Wereley

On May 13 Professor Wereley used optical feature tracking to estimate the volume flow of oil from the on-going BP Macondo oil field spill.

https://nanohub.org/resources/9879

Analyzing Disaster: A nanoscale guy stumbles into a mega problem

22 Jun 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steve Wereley

Steve Wereley discusses how his knowledge and use of a technique called particle image velocimetry (PIV) led to a game-changing calculation of a flow rate for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

https://nanohub.org/resources/9208